Seniors tour new North High School

Seniors from North High School toured the new North High School on U.S. 41 North on Monday.

Jeremy Lynch snaps a photo with his iPhone immediately after he and his classmate, Bethlyn Middleton, right, stepped into the new commons area of the new North High School for a tour of the facility.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS Principal John Skinner directs the seniors to their tour groups in the commons of the new North High School at U.S. 41 and Baseline Road on Monday morning. Each grade of the current North High School will be getting tours of their new school over the next two weeks. The $58.2-million school is adjacent to the already-opened North Junior High will open when the spring semester starts on Jan. 2.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS The senior class gets a tour of the commons area that will also serve as their cafeteria at the new North High School at U.S. 41 and Baseline Road on Monday morning.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS Almera Demirovich shows off how roomy the new lockers are at the new North High School while she and the rest of the senior class got a tour of the new facility on Monday morning. "There was a lot of talk about how big the lockers were," Demirovich said, "everyone was saying you could fit in them." That was just one of the many features of the new school that had seniors buzzing. The new school which is adjacent to the already-opened North Junior High will open when the spring semester starts on Jan. 2. The seniors were excited about the new school but somewhat disappointed they will only get to enjoy it for half a year before graduating.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS Denna Sharp's senior homeroom class checks out their homeroom in the new North High School during a tour of the facility on Monday morning. "Even the desks have a dry-erase surface on them, like a dry-erase board, " senior Laine Turner said as she gave her classmates the tour of the room. The $58.2-million school is adjacent to the already-opened North Junior High will open when the spring semester starts on Jan. 2. Each grade of the current North High School will be getting tours of their new school over the next two weeks.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS The senior class gets a tour of the gymnasium as the wood floor get worked on at the new North High School at U.S. 41 and Baseline Road on Monday morning. The gym will be open for North's boys basketball game Dec. 21 vs. Mount Vernon and the girls basketball game Dec. 29 vs. North Posey.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS North High School seniors race to the top of the gym bleachers to take photos of the gym in the new school at U.S. 41 and Baseline Road during a tour on Monday morning. Many of the seniors are excited about the bigger and nicer athletic facilities.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS Senior Trevor Warfield leads his homeroom class on a tour of the new the North High School at U.S. 41 and Baseline Road on Monday morning. Each grade of the current North High School will be getting tours of their new school over the next two weeks. The school will be open for the spring semester on Jan. 2.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS The senior class gets a tour of the commons area that will also serve as their cafeteria at the new North High School at U.S. 41 and Baseline Road on Monday morning.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS "Look at how big the bathroom is," Katelyn Beck, right, says as Dorothy Burch, left, takes pictures in one of the women's restrooms in the new North High School at U.S. 41 and Baseline Road during a tour on Monday morning. The senior class got the first tour of the facility and wanted to check out everything, including the bathrooms.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS Rashawnda Shamell takes a photograph of her basketball coach, Annette Comb's room to show her back at school during the senior class tour of the North High School at U.S. 41 and Baseline Road on Monday morning.